Jaina Bibliography Part 1

SR No.: 016035
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 1070
Language: English
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 17 MB

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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COMMARSWAMI, Ananda K.-Faina Sculpture. Massachusetts, 1922, (Bull. Mus. of Fine arts, No. 120, Aug. 1922, p. 53).
Mahāvira, the historical founder of Jainism and contemporary of Buddha, is represented in Jain art from the Kuşan period onwards as a deified saint to whom prayers may be addressed. The sculpture is probably from Bundelkhand, North Central India, and may be assigned to the ninth century,
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GANGULY, Manomohan.-Handbook to the Sculptures in the Museum of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad. Calcutta, 1922.
Pp. 47–49. Jain sculptures.
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Helen, M. JOHNSON-Svetambara Jaina Iconography. (Ind. Ant. Vol. LVI-1927, Bombay).
Pp. 23-26. Hemacandra in his Trişaştisala kāpuruşacaritra gives the name, colour, vahana, number of hands with the object in each and any unusual feature, of each Sasanadevata. Full description given of each, Svetāmbara tradition differs from the Digambara. Abhayahasta and varada-hasta; Vahana ratha and yāna vehicle of the divinities; asanapadmāsana (ambuja, Kamala), bhadrāsona, lohäsana and garudasana; Kuşmāndas, Vyantaras, Yakşas.
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0. G. GENGOLI.---Rupam'. (Q.J.O.A. No. 37. Calcutta, Jan., 1929).
P. 1. A Jain relief from South Kensington Museum; a complete description of the image given.
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CHANDA, R. P.-The Hair and the Uşnişa on the Head of the Buddhas and the finas. (I.H.Q. Vol. VII. 1931).
Pp. 670-673. Early Jaina literature does not render help in solving the puzzles relating to the head of the images of Jinas. Acaranga sutra mentions Mahā.